Fish-hook book



(No Model.)

G. KNIERIEMEN.

- FISH HOOK BOOK.

Patented Mar. 9; 1897.

' .INVEQTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

GEORGE KNIERIEMEN, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

FISH-HOOK BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,458, dated March 9,1897. Application filed August 25,1896. Serial No. 603,839. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE KNIERIEMEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Camden, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fish-Hook Books, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a book for carrying fish-hooks in a convenientand safe manner, the novel features of the same being pointed out in theclaims that follow the specification.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the fish-hook book embodied inmy invention, the same being in an opened condition. Fig. 2 represents aperspective view of the book in a closed condition. Fig. 3 represents aside elevation of a detached portion.

Similar letters of referenceindicate correspondingparts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a book consisting of the coversB and C, which are hinged or flexibly connected at D, so that they canbe folded or opened, as indicated in the figures, said covers beingprovided with 1 ledges E, F, G, and H, respectively, the same beingarranged transversely on said covers.

and formed of cork or other suitable buoyant material, so as to causethe book to float should it be dropped into the Water, the ledge Ehaving a shoulder E on the rear thereof. The ledges F G H are slit orrecessed in the direction of the length of the covers, as at M, it beingnoticed that the snoods J are inserted in the slits of the said ledgesand the shanks of the hooks K are inserted in the slits L of the ledgeE, the barbs of the hooks pointing toward or entering the shoulder ofthe ledge E, so as to be guarded thereby.

The loop ends Q of the snoods are outside of the ledge H, adjacent tothe ends of the as the barbs enter or are adjacent to thelougitudinally-extendin g shoulder E of the ledge I E, while the shanksof the hooks enter the slits L, said hooks are prevented fromdisconnection, especially as the cover 0 contacts with the ledge E andserves to close the slits L, which receive the shanks of the hooks,ashas been stated, whereby outward motion of the hooks from the ledge Eis prevented.

The ledges F G contact and close the slits thereof, while the ledge Hhas its slits closed by the cover B, thus preventing displacement of thesnoods.

One of the covers of the book is provided elastic strap R, which isconnected with one cover and adapted to embrace the other.

It will be noticed that the ledges F and G are so disposed that when thebook is closed said ledges are in contact, keeping the snoods or linesinto the base of the slits in said ledges,

especially near the back of the book, where said snoods or lines beingbent are liable otherwise to leave the ledges. Again, the ledge Hcontacts with one cover and the ledge E contacts with the oppositecover, thus closing the slits of said ledges, while acting as stays,preventing the backs from being crushed in or curling on their sides.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'

1. A book for fish-hooks, consisting of covers having a flexibleconnection and provided with ledges extending transversely thereon,

each of said ledges having slits therein, and 0 a ledge on each of saidcovers being adapted to contact with the opposite cover, one of saidlatter-ment-ioned-ledges being near the front or outer end of its cover,and the otherone of said ledges being intermediate of said first 9 5ledge and the rear ends of the covers.

2.. A book for fish-hooks, consisting of covers having a flexibleconnection, and provided with ledges extending transversely thereon,

said ledges having slits thereon, and a ledge on each of said coversbeing in contact with opposite cover and ledges on the covers near theback of the book being adapted to con tact with each other.

3. A book for fish-hooks, consisting of the flexibly-connected covers Band C, the ledges E and F on said cover'B and the ledges G and H on saidcover 0, said ledges extending parallel With the connection of saidcovers and being slitted, and the ledge E having a shoulder E extendinglongitudinally thereon, and the slits in said ledges being coverec whensaid book is closed.

4. In a fish-hook book, the covers B and C 10 in combination withslitted ledges on the cover 0 and the slit-ted ledge E on the cover B,said ledge E having a shoulder on the rear thereof.

GEORGE KNIERIEMEN.

Witnesses:

J OHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, WM. 0. WIEDERsHEIM.

